sadat, and thank you dean townshend for your support. dr. brzezinski, mr. hadley, it's my pleasure to host you in my home institution. i know i usually see you in washington and all these other places. i know for some of you this may be the first time to come to maryland, so welcome and we really appreciate you taking the time to join us. i'm going to go ahead and start asking questions, but before i wanted to explain why you're surrounded by such beautiful art. if you notice, and dr. brzezinski, being married to a wonderful artist yourself, you appreciate that a bit. if you see, we have a sculpture and a painting. these are products of an annual competition we have, which is called the sadat art for peace program. it's in conjunction with our outstanding art department. and usually the best painting and the best sculpture. these are the winners from 2011. let me tell you, the best winner for sculpture is jesse barrows which is intended to represent hearing the voices of the people in the arab awakening. the painting is by phonat chow for a piece called one

. >> good afternoon, my name is john townshend, and it's my great pleasure to welcome you to another forum with dr. sadat and telhami. it's a special honor to host on our campus two giants of american foreign policy, dr. zbigniew brzezinski, former national security adviser to president jimmy carter and mr. stephen hadley, former national skaurt adviser to president george w. bush. thank you, gentlemen, very much for joining us today. we really do appreciate it. [ applause ] >> this forum could not be more timely. unfortunately could not be more timely. the united states is facing enormous challenges in the united states as the arab awakening continues to change politics in the region. the violence in syria, can i say the butchery in syria, has left the international community should do to end the bloodshed, and the challenges posed by iran's nuclear program have many talking about the prospects of war. let's all hope that does not happen.

my name is john townshend. it is my great pleasure as dean of the college of behavioral and social sciences to welcome you to another forum. it's a special honor to host our campus two giants of american foreign policy. doctor zbigniew brzezinski, former national visor to present jimmy carter, and stephen hadley. thank you, jim for joining us today. we can really do appreciate it. [applause] >> this forum could not be more timely. the united states is facing enormous challenges in the middle east as the arab awakening continues to change politics in the region. the violence in syria, can i say the butchery in syria, has led many to wonder what america and the international community should do to end the bloodshed. at the challenges posed by iran's nuclear program have many talking about the prospects of war. let us all hope that does not happen. our guests today are especially suited for shedding light on america's policies choices in the rapidly changing environment of the middle east. the forum which is spons